opening lengthways. I ’orus villous. Pistils indefinite.
Styles yellow, double the length of the carpels. Stigmas
cuftdlate, minutely pruinose. Carpels compressed, glabrous,
keeled'behind. . . .
xNoiie of the yellow-flowered kinds, in our opinion, come
up to the present species in point of beauty, or possess equal
claims with it to a place in the flower-border, from its neat
habit, and from the number and size of its lemon-coloured
blossoms. . , . T, 7 A
First noticed hy Professor Tenore in his Prodromus, and
afterwards figured and described at length by him in his larger
work on the plants of the kingdom of Naples, from specimens
gathered hy M. Thomas, a zealous botanical collector, on
mount Pollino. . , ,
Our drawing was taken from specimens commuiiicated by
Mrs Marryat, from her interesting collection at Wimbledon,
in June last. The plant is perfectly hardy, and is readily
multiplied by division, or hy seeds. It will be found to
thrive best in a light loamy soil.
The s:eneric name is already explained at fol. 43.
® D . Don.